Smarten
sˈmɑrtən-
Smarten
To make smart or spruce; -- usually with up. "She had to go and smarten herself up somewhat."
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smarten
To make smart or spruce; render brisk, bright, or lively: often with up. -
smarten
To smart; be pained.
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(v.t)
Smarten
to make smart, to brighten (with up)
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary A.S. smeortan; Dut. smarten, Ger. schmerzen.
To give Duplicity its due, Tony Gilroy's romantic caper goes against the Hollywood grain by smartening itself up instead of dumbing itself down. kcrw.com
Intelligent hydraulics simplifies and smartens plastics sheet extrusion . hydraulicspneumatics.com
Sunset Uses Savant and the iPad to Smarten Up This Show House. electronichouse.com
Think Tech 4 Ways to Smarten up Your Car. discovermagazine.com
Locals need to smarten up. observertoday.com
Free Penmanship Print Font Helps Kids Smarten Up Their Handwriting. pcworld.com
Free Penmanship Print Font Helps Kids Smarten Up Their Handwriting . pcworld.com
Federal regulation won't smarten, slim kids. lvrj.com
Sew this nostalgic schoolhouse hanging craft to smarten up your wall decor. countrywomanmagazine.com
Sew this nostalgic schoolhouse hanging craft to smarten up your wall decor. countrywomanmagazine.com
But I've got a hunch that if we play dumb at first, then smarten up slowly, we can make him feel that he's done it for us. "Danger in Deep Space" by
She would be always cleaning, yet never clean; always smartening things up, and yet never keeping them tidy. "True to his Colours" by
Smarten yourselves up a bit. "!Tention" by
Railings had painted themselves blue or green, and smartened their tips with white. "The Chauffeur and the Chaperon" by
She dropped it into the pond yesterday, and I am trying to smarten it up a little, poor thing! "Three Margarets" by
If they excused her for half a second this would give her sufficient space to tittivate and smarten up. "Love at Paddington" by
The house in Rathbone Place had been smartened up. "The Bill-Toppers" by
It's smartened up beyond all knowing. "The Wooden Horse" by
He had smartened himself up considerably so far as appearance went. "People of Position" by
Let her smarten herself up, by all means. "The Etiquette of Engagement and Marriage" by
Van den duistren aardenacht,
Wordt het bloeden onzer harten
Wel gestelpt, maar nooit verklacht?...
Pulled out the stately pews, and smartened all,
'It will be well,' declared the spruce church-warden,
'To overhaul